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Post by Vits on Nov 10, 2017 14:55:59 GMT
The thing that made the movie interesting wasn't that it placed a criminal in the filmmaking business, but that the criminal used his knowledge of cinema to help create better movies. The show started off with that idea, but eventually dropped it. I think it happened in episode 4. It's not until the season finale that MILES talks about what movies mean to him again... and even that has no direct effect on the production he's working on.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 10, 2017 19:43:05 GMT
I actually forgot about that show even premiering. Is it worth a look despite apparently missing the point of the original movie?
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Post by Vits on Nov 10, 2017 20:27:17 GMT
I was afraid that, because of what I said in the OP, it would be a RAY DONOVAN rip-off. However, I enjoyed it for the most part. I liked the performances, a lot of the characters and the dark humour.
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Post by hi224 on Nov 12, 2017 7:43:54 GMT
The thing that made the movie interesting wasn't that it placed a criminal in the filmmaking business, but that the criminal used his knowledge of cinema to help create better movies. The show started off with that idea, but eventually dropped it. I think it happened in episode 4. It's not until the season finale that MILES talks about what movies mean to him again... and even that has no direct effect on the production he's working on. well thats disappointing as well. |
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Post by Vits on Nov 16, 2018 12:45:58 GMT
I was hoping season 2 wouldn't make the mistake I mentioned in the O.P. again... but it did. It was actually worse. We got very few episodes focusing on the post-production of last season's movie. This season shows mostly pre-production for a new movie, but it's secondary and, by the time production starts, MILES doesn't use his criminal background to give advice or anything like that. His stylized dreams and daydreams indirectly reflect his love for movies, but it's not enough. Hell, there are 2 times where his daughter tells him about popular movies that he doesn't know about and convinces him to watch them (one is ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND). Shouldn't it be the other way around? It's a shame, because the show (except for the 1st half of the last episode and the 2nd half of the 2nd-to-last episode) wastes opportunities to be unique and stand out.
Oh, and I'm getting tired of the AMARA character. It's always the same. Someone (usually RICK) tries to convince her of something, she remains silent with a serious face and that someone says/does the opposite of what they wanted. How many more times can the show do this?
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Nov 17, 2018 20:25:12 GMT
Really like the TV series Get Shorty
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Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2019 22:36:43 GMT
I just finished the 3rd season and it had the same problems I talked about above. However, having less episodes made the pacing better. I binge-watched it and it flew by. Also, AMARA not being completely in control fixed the other problem mentioned above.
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